Senior Digital Designer

Zero Overview

Zero is a creative studio founded in NYC. We have offices in New York, Milwaukee, Los Angeles as well as working virtually across the world. Our intention is to create an environment where multidisciplinary teams can solve problems for progressive and contemporary brands. We aim to constantly re-evaluate what it’s like to work with a studio and provide a high degree of value and service to our clients and our team.

Our studio seeks an individual with a diverse creative background and the ability to operate with a wide array of personalities (both internally and client-side). We believe that process is at the core of our success - and are continually seeking to evolve ours to get the most out of each engagement. The unique and complex problems that face our clients call for fresh and strategic thinkers. 

Position Overview

As a Senior Digital Designer at Zero, your primary focus is to independently manage your work as well as occasionally mentor and oversee design team members.

As a Senior Digital Designer at Zero, you will work independently to conceptualize the emotional “why” behind the brand and how to express it through a digital medium. From the brand world to the website, you’re responsible for creating a digital experience that speaks the brand’s language and offers a fresh perspective within the brand’s industry. Whether developing the visual brand tone or working within a set of established guidelines, you are able to plug into the brand mindset and articulate it. You have mastered your craft as it relates to typography, color theory, layout and art direction. You also have the ability to develop effective visual communication to fit a variety of personas and brands. 

Roles & Responsibilities

• Contribute to the research and discovery phase through competitive audits, research, and any additional tactics that add value
• Independently develop holistic digital strategies that are unique to the market, true to the audience and genuine to the beliefs and vision of the brand
• Collaborate with the team to develop presentations that clearly and effectively tell the story of our work and regularly present the work to our client
• Independently develop effective digital solutions, interaction models and art direction that delivers on the brand strategy, are unique to the market, and genuine to the beliefs and vision of the brand
• Collaborate closely with the team to work from inception to completion to define the digital storytelling through UX/UI, digital design systems, detailed responsive screen designs, interactive and motion
• Create digital experiences that tell the brand story and delight the user while achieving business goals 
• Work closely with Creative Directors, PMs copywriters and developers throughout the process to develop a systematic approach to the design language across mediums
• Effectively manage your time to meet internal deadlines and goals
• Approach the project with a solutions oriented mindset, clear purpose and ensure all executions meet business and user goals  
• Occasionally mentor and oversee design team members 

Years of Experience

• 5+ years

Reporting Structure

This position reports to a Creative Director. This position is expected to occasionally mentor team members on a project basis. 

Location

NYC / LA / MKE / REMOTE